Boxing machine



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, UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM NOBLE, or NonTHAMrToN;MAssACHUsaTTs, AssreNoa, BY MEsNE AssieNMnNTs, To rao-PnY-LAc-Tic BRUSH COMPANY, or NoRTHAMrToN, MAssA- cHUsETTs, A CORPORATION or MASSACHUSETTS.

BOXING MACHINE.

Application inea May 18, 1923. serial No. 639,959.

i This invention has for its object to provide a machine to receive other delivery device elong as tooth brush handles, ay

from a spout or ated articles, such ndarrange them the box into another machine.

considerable hand labor h to accomplish this,l since from lthe spout into the Heretofore, as been necessary the handles fall boxv crosswise ory in irregular positions making it necessary to rearrange themy or :straighten them out. The machine embodying my invention pro vides a simple and'eflecti complishing this result;

ve device for ac- Inf its preferred form,A there is a box having movable par" titions which separate it into temporary compartments each of which is considerably narrower than .thelength of one' ofy the objects to be received in it. The box .is reciprocated transversely to the line ot movement of the objects as they` emerge from the spout so that successive objects fall into separate compartments. i lSince thecompartments are narrower than the. length of the object, the article will not get` crosswise or'in a diagonal position. The reciproeating movement of the ybox also h'elpsvtov jar .them down into posit ion parallel with each other. `When the compartments in the box are full,l the box isitaken from the machine and the partitions are removed, leav ing the entire mass of objects in the box in perfect parallel arran be fed to another machine.

gement ready to 'In the yaccompanying drawings, I .have shownmymachine as designed` for use 1n the manufacture of tooth brushes, the objects to be handled bv the vmachine being tooth brush handles. Itis to be understood,

use ffor a large variety` of "The invention will be urposes. j

ully understood 'from `the following description. when taken in connection with the accompanying draw,- ings, and the novel `featurestliereo'f will be pointed out and` clearly` defined in the claims att-he close of this specification.

In the drawings: i Fig.` 1 is a top'plan-vi embodying the invention.

ew of a machine Thebed B reciprocates back and 7orth'in the direction of the arrows indicated in Fig. lubemg s lidable in guidesl() on the frame of.' the machine. The line of movement of .the travelling bed is, in general, transverse to the line of movement `of the brush liandles or other objects down the spout. Mounted. on the travelling bed is a b ase 11 which .is provided with edge pieces or guides 12 adapted to position a box composed of two parts 13 and 14 (see also Figs. 4 and 5).` The .lower part 18 of the box-has four walls and a bottom. and the. top part 14: comprises a frame forming an upwardextension of the side walls of the bottom half of the box and is vprovided. with a series of partitions 15 which extend downward into the lower part of the box. The whole forms a box having compartments 6, but the partitions 15 can be removed simultaneouslyby lifting up the frame Meso that the entire mass of objects in the box will Athen be unseparated by partitions but will be arranged parallel with each other. The upward extension oit` the side walls permits the bottom of the box to be filled fullv and all the objects contained yin it to be iniparallel position. y

`The travelling bed B is given a reciproeating movement with a stroke long enough to carry the box so that, at the opposite ends of the stroke, the` respective end compartments will be under the spout.

The mechanism by which the box is reciprocated will now bey described. At 18 is shown a sha-ft having thereon a driving a portion e which is about degrees, the

i that moment underneath the spout.

remainder b being cut away. It will therefore be seen that the upper surface of the worm gear 21 constitutes a seini-circulai rack. Above the semi-circular rack is a hori- Zontal shaft 23 having two pinions, 24C and 25, respectively. The pinion 25 also engages on its upper surface a straight racl; 26 secured to the lower side of the travelling bed B.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the main shaft 18, through the worm Q0, rotates the semi-circular rack on the worm gear 21 continuously in the saine direction, and that the rack teeth drive the two piuions 24 and 25 as they pass beneath them. The shaft 23 will therefore be revolved alternately in opposite directions, and this will cause the travelling bed and box thereon to reciprocate with substantially uniform speed back and foitli under the lower end of the spout C.

As the handles or other elongated objects fall out of the end of the spout C, they drop into whichever compartment 6 is gt t makes no difference if they happen to strike the edge of the partition, since they will not remain there. As the box travels bach and forth underneath the spout at substantially uniform speed, the objects are distributed substantially uniformly in the several compartments. The objects tend to arrange themselves substantially parallel with each other, since the compartments are considerably narrower than the length of the handles and since there is little vibration When the box changes direction at the end of the stroke.

Then the box is full, it is removed from the machine, and the frame 14 bearing the several partitions is lifted ofi' leaving the handles in a single mass in the box, the parallelism being undisturbed. The frame 14 furnishes a space above each compartnient of the box so that the box can be filled practically level with the top edge.

While I have described the use of a semicircular rack, as the reversing mechanism by which the bed and box thereon are reciprocated past the spout. do not limit myself to this form of reversing mechanism since other mechanisms can be employed if preferred. I find, however, that the .nicchanisin described is simple, inexpensive to construct, and will operate continuously for long periods of time without attention.

That I claim is:

1. A machine for delivering elongated articles and arranging them in parallel relation comprising, in combination, means for delivering said articles in the direction of their length. a box arranged to receive said articles and having partitions disposed substantially parallel Yto the direction of delivery thereof, and means for moving said box in a direction transverse to said direction of delivery as said articles are delivered thereto.

Q. A machine for delivering elongated articles and arranging them in parallel relation comprising, in combination, means for delivering said articles siiigl y and in a single path in the direction of their length, a box arranged to receive said articles and having partitions disposed substantially parallel to the direction of delivery thereof, and means for moving said box in a direction transverse to said direction of delivery as said articles are delivered thereto.

3. A machine for delivering elongated articles and arranging them in parallel relation comprising, in combination, means for delivering said articles in the direction of their length, a box arranged to receive said articles and having partitions disposed substantially parallel to the direction of delivery thereof, and means for moving said box with a substantially uniform motion in a direction transverse to said direction of delivery as said articles are delivered thereto.

4i. A machine for delivering elongated articles and arranging them in parallel relation comprising, in combination, means for delivering said articles in the direction of their length, a box arranged to receive said articles and having partitions disposed substantially parallel to the direction of delivery thereof, and means for moving said box back and forth in a direction transverse to said direction of delivery as said articles are delivered thereto.

5. A machine for delivering elongated articles and arranging them in parallel relation comprising, in combination, a spout fo'r delivering said articles, a box arranged to receive said articles from said spout and having partitions substantially parallel with the latter, and means for moving said box transversely of said spout as said articles are delivered.

6. A machine for delivering elongated articles and arranging them in parallel relation comprising, in combination, a spout for delivering said articles, a box arranged to receive said articles from said spout and having partitions substantially parallel with the lat-ter, and means for moving said box back and forth transversely of said spout as said articles are delivered.

7. A machine for delivering elongated articles and arranging them in parallel relation comprising, in combination. a spout for delivering said articles, a box arranged to receive said articles from said spout and having partitions substantially parallel with the latter, and means for moving said box'back and forth with a substantially uniform inotion transversely of said spout as said articles are delivered.

8. A machine for delivering elondated articles and arranging them in parallel relation comprising, in combination, a spout for delivering said articles, a box arranged to 5 receive said articles from said spout and having partitions substantially parallel with the latter, a straight rack to ymove said box transversely oit said spout, a shaft carryingY two pinions one of which meshes with said 10 rack, a semi-circular rack engaging said pinions alternately, and means for rotating said semi-circularrack continuously in one direction.

9. In a machine of the character described, the combination with means for delivering articles, of a receptacle support and means to reciprocate the support transversely of the direction of article delivery with a substanu tially uniform motion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM NOBLE. 

